World champion Jorge Lorenzo led the way in Friday’s practice for the final round of the MotoGP championship, recording the quickest lap in Valencia.
The Fiat Yamaha rider trailed Casey Stoner by 0.558 seconds in the opening practice session, but posted a time of one minute 32.690sec at the end of second free practice to lay down the challenge to his rivals.
Ducati’s Stoner trailed Lorenzo by 0.314sec, with Colin Edwards completing the top three on his Monster Yamaha Tech. The Press Association
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Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini) and Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) both within four-thousandths of a second of the American as they completed the top five.
Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was back on his M1 after a fall during the morning, and the American placed sixth in the order, with Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini) – who had an early run-off – in the top eight.
In unfamiliar territory in ninth position was Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha), who was almost a full second off Lorenzo’s pace. Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) completed the top ten. Superbike News
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1'32.690 2 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1'33.004 3 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'33.466 4 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 1'33.468 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 1'33.470 6 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1'33.528 7 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1'33.535 8 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'33.568 9 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1'33.661 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1'33.684 11 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1'33.782 12 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1'33.927 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1'33.954 14 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1'34.154 15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'34.248 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'34.296 17 71 Carlos CHECA Pramac Racing Team 1'34.636
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